Biography and History: The Problem of Correlation and Balance

The article examines the problem of the correlation between historic and biographic genres by contrasting what historians, biographers, and philosophers have said on the matter. In doing so, the article raises the question: What does Plutarch mean when he states: “We do not write history, but life h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A N Polyakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2013-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/4435